Cable clip



April 26, 1932. R MCINTOSH 1,855,645

CABLE CLIP Filed Feb. l8, 1928 INVENTOR fPO E. M0. [/1 fos/l with the axis of stress.

Patented Apr. 26, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOY n. rrcmrosrr, on .NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, iaY MESNEASSIGNMENTS,' To :r. EDWARD OGDEN COMPANY, on NEW YORK, n. in, A ooRroRATroNoF new JERSEY CABLE our Application filed February 18, 1928. Serial No. 255,463.

This invention relates to clips for supporting wires or cables.

The invention relates more particularly to clips forsupporting span wires or cables. 5 For efficient operation of a clip of .the type specified the strain on the span supported by the clip should be transmitted direct to the clip securing means or supporting pm or, in other words, the axisof stress should intersect the clip securing means. When a span wire is supported by a fixed or rigidly secured clip and the wire sags or is thrown out of alineinentwith the securing means, the axis of the clip is then-thrown out of alinement This invention has for its salient object to provide a clip so constructed and arranged as to have superior gripping-and securing qualities.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cable clip particularly adapted for supporting span wires or cables and so secured that the strain on the span will be transmitted direct to the clip securing means or, in other words, so constructed and secured that the portion of the clip secured to the span wire will always be disposed in alinement with the axis of stress on the span wire.

Further object of the invention will apao pear from the following specification taken in connect-ion with thedrawings, which form a part of this application, and in which Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing a span of wire having the two ends of the span secured by clips constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view showing one of the clips;

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken through the clip and cable prior to the closing of the clip;

Fig. 4 is a view taken substantially on line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken substantially on line 55 of Fig. 2 before the clip is closed;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a slightly different form of the invention;

" Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a slightly different form ofthe invention; and

Figs. 8. 9 andlO aresectional elevations showing a slightly modified form of clamp and illustrating the use of the clamp On'difierent sizesof wires or cables.

The invention briefly described consists of a clip havinga pair of clamping-portions angularly disposed with reference toieach other and having atab extending laterally froma portion of the clip intermediate the angularly disposed clamping portions The tab is provided with an opening therethrough adapted to receive a pin or other suitable securing means and-so formedthat when the, clip is secured to a supporting structure and a span of wire is clamped therein,wthe axis of the clamping: portion of the clip having the span secured theret will be disposed in alinement with the pin or other securing means. a r I r Further details of the invention will appear from the following description. a

In the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings the'clip comprises a central portion 10 having 'a tab 11 extending therefrom and a pair of clamping portions 12 and 13 angularly disposed with-respect to each other and, as illustrated, disposed at substantially aright angle with reference to each other.

Each of the clamping portions is U-shaped in section and has substantially parallel walls 15 and 16 having transverse ribs 17 indented therein and having slots 18 intermediate the ends thereof to permit the clamp to be closed in sections. The indent-ed ribs 17 assist in gripping the cable and materially increase the gripping quality of the clip. -It-will be notedthat the walls 15 and 16 aresubstantiallyparallel to the tab 11. I

' In Figs. 1 and 2 the tab 11 has an elongated 2 slot 20 formed therein for receiving the securing pin 21 or other suitable securing the pin or, in other Words, With the. pinidisr-i posed at the upper end of the slot 20. The

span Wire is then'stretched through the clamp ing portion and While it is held taut the clamping portion of the clip is closed and secured thereto.

span and will move upwardly until the pin seats in thebettom ofthe slot or, in the; form of the invention shown in Fig. 6;=assumesthe position: illustrated. V The drop Wire is then bent "around:- and'='secured in the other: clamping portioniofi the. clipa or In the form of the invention-illustrat'ed-in F'ig. 7 ,;the=tab: ll is provided with a=pair of openings 40 and'ilahtheseaopenings being dispnsedirespectiyely inr alinement with the angtrlanly relate'cl mlamping. portions oi :the clip; Whentthe clip shown 7 isansed init'he. manner'il'lustrated in Fig.5 1, the. pin 21 willLbe' disposed iirthe opening'40. as shown The stress of the sp'an' will? thus he disposed inzalinem'ent With-:thepin:

Figsr.:8,1-9 andirld illustrate a'slightliy modifiedionn of c-lamp'so designed thatitis adapt:- ed for clamping; cables on Wires having: diliferent ditnensionsm This-lisaaecomplishd by providing: one rsidezof the clamp an extension 45 adapted to be bent .aromrdiithe' cable was :shownimFigs. .9 and :10 to secure cables ofdifi'erent sizes-.;

' Itwillbe clear fromv the foregoing explanation that: nomatter which end of the clamp the. strain iszapplied to the gpin' willbe so "disposed inthe slot or -'open-ing; in the; tab such that theline :of stress will .intersect theipin and be-locatedin line'with. the axis of vthat end portion of the clip.- Also, it will be noted in theeforms-of?1the.=invention illustrated in. Figs. 1,2 and 6 that the line bisectingthe; angle betweenthe clamping portions passes through: the center "of the. opening in thetab.

Theangular relationbetween the clamping portions 'oftherclip and the. bendin the wire between these 4 clamping portions 1 has; a de cided snubbingraction.'whioh materially in.-

After the stretching means is" released the clip willitakewthe strain ofzthe section of the axes of said portions.

'2. A one-piece cable supporting clip coinprisingapair of angularly related, rigidly connected clamping portions, and a tab disposed intermediate saidclamping portions, said tab having an elongatedv'opening:theie in soslocatedthat the axes of the claniping portions'wil'lintersectithe openingzz;

3; A one-piece, reversible-"cable:supportingfclip. having angularly related, open-sided, clamping" portions adapted to be bent about the cable andihayinganapertured tab: adapt;- ed toshiiitably engage a supporting'pinytha tab beingi so apertureda that, the, pin may-be shifted into alignment WiflljthEE-diIieCtiOIl of strain imposed upon theelip by the cable.-.

4 A none-piece cable supporting fclip' coinprisingvta pair; :of. angularl yrrelated, rigidly connected, clamping portions, having "sub;- stantially -.para'llel5 bendableclamping lwalls, one, 1 Wall having 1 at: greater Width than the other; Wal1-,.;wherebywhen said wallsr are clamped around a cable, the Wider Wall'will extend across the cable toward the other wall, and an-apertured tab disposedso-as to include the intersectioniof the-axes of.- saidportions.

In Witnessw-hereef, Ifhave hereunto set'my hand this 14th day ofFebruary, 1928;

creases the gripping andiholding'efiect of the V clipa'Furtherrnore, the" relation of the. tab the: forin-and location. of the opening therethi'ough insurethe transmissionof the strainon the span direct to the: supporting pin and insure the a-linem'entofthe portion ofthe'clip secured to the; span with the :axis oi stress. i

Although certain specific embodiments of the-invention have been particularly-shown and described, it will. be understood that the 

